Epigraphia Indica Vol 32

SR No.: 032586
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: D C Sircar, B Ch Chhabra,
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1957
Total Pages: 512
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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[VOL. XXXII reign of one year. It is also believed that Lakhimā, accompanied by the poet Vidyapati, took shelter at Purăditya's court at Rājabanauli where Vidyāpati wrote his Likhanāvali in 1418 A.D. and copied the Bhagavata in La. Sam. 309 (1428 A.D.). The next king was Harasimha, younger son of Dēvasimha, and his son and successor was Narasimha Darpanārāyana whose Kandaha inscription is dated Saka 1375 (1453 A.D.). Narasimha was succeeded by his son Dhirasimha Hridayanārāyana during whose rule a manuscript of Srinivasa's Sētudarpani (a commentary on the Setubandha) and another of the Karnaparvan of the Mahabharata were copied respectively on Saturday, Kārttika-vadi 15, La. Sam. 321 (1440 A.D.), and in La. Sam. 327 (1446 A.D.). For some years Dhirasimha appears to have been ruling jointly with his father or at least over an area of the country. He was succeeded by his younger brother Bhairavasimha RupanārāyapaHarinārāyaṇa who ruled from Baruāra in the Bachchhaurā Pargana of the Darbhanga District. According to some, be ascended the throne in 1496 A.D. when Vardhamana composed his Gangakrityavivēka and Vāchaspati-misra wrote his Mahādānanirnaya (earliest copy dated in La. San. 392 or 1511 A.D.) during his rule, while it is also suggested that he died about 1515 A.D. Bhairavasimha's successor was his son Rāmabhadra Rūpanārāyana whose rule is placed by some before 1490 A.D. but by others in 1520-27 A.D.', although both the theories appear to be wrong. The Tantrapradipa was composed by Gadādhara (a grandson of Dhirasimba) during his reign, while certain manuscripts are known to have been copied at Gadādhara's instance on Friday, Srāvana-vadi 1, La. Sam. 372 (1491 A.D.) and on Wednesday, Kärttika-sudi 5, La. Sari. 374 and Saka 1426 (1504 A.D.). The known dates of Rāmabhadra's son and successor Lakshminātha Kamsanārāyana offer some difficulty unless it is believed that he was ruling jointly with his father or at least over a part of the country. A manuscript of the Dēvimāhātmya was copied during Lakshminātha's rule on Wednesday, Pausha-vadi 3, La. Sam, 393 (1512 A.D.). Lakshminātha's Bhagirathpur inscription is dated in La. Sam. 394 (1513 A.D.). About this time, Tirhut became & bone of contention between Sultan Sikandar Lodi (1489-1517 A.D.) of Delhi and Husain Shah (1493-1519 A.D.) of Bengal; ultimately the latter's son Nugrat Shāh (1519-32 A.D.) invaded Tirhut, put the king (probably Laksbminātha) to death and appointed his brothers-in-law, 'Alāuddin and Makhdum-i-Alam, governors of the country. This account of the Muslim historians is corroborated by a stanza giving the date of Lakshminātha's death as Tuesday, Bhadra-sudi 1,
1 Cf. loc. cit. Traditions, referred to by Eggeling (loc. cit.), assign the accession of Lakhimādēvi to 1449 A.D. and of Visvāsadēvi to 1458 A.D., but omit Padmasimha. According to Vidyapati's Likhanuvali, the work was composed in La. Sam. 299=1418 A.D.) at the request of king Purăditya Girinārāyaṇa of the Dronavāra family, who had killed a king named Arjuna and was ruling at Rajabanauli in Nopal. This Arjuna is identified with the son of Bhavasimha's son Tripurasimha and is believed to have contributed to the murder of Gaņēśvara (JBRS, Vol. XL, pp. 117-19).
*JBORS, Vol. XX, pp. 15-19. Jayaswal wrongly interpreted the chronogram bar-afva-madana as 1367 Traditions referred to by Eggeling (loc. cit.) omit Harasimha and assign Narasimha's accession to 1470 A.D.
* JASB, op. cit., pp. 425-28; J BORS, Vol. X, p. 47. According to M. M. Chakravarti, La. Sam. 321, Kárttika-vadi 15, Saturday, corresponds to October 18, 1438 A.D. Traditions referred to by Eggeling (loc. cit.) assign Dhirasimha's accession to 1471 A.D.
*Cf. Thakur, op. cit., pp. 333-34. Traditions assign Bhairavasimha's accession to 1506 A.D. and bis suc. cossor's to 1520 A.D. (cf. Eggeling, loc. cit.).
See JASB, op. cit., pp. 329-30.
I . cit. * Ibid., p. 430.
JBRS, Vol. XLI, Part 3, pp. 271 ff. The date is given in the chronogram vēda-tandhra-Haranitra.
Badaunl, Muntakhabut Tawdrik, trans., Vol. I, pp. 415-17; Hist. Beng., Dacoa University, Vol. II, pp. 145 ff. Camb. Hisl. Ind., Vol. III, p. 272; Thakur, op. cit., pp. 338-39.